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Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets
The Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ball Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Jazz as -3.5-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game's total opened at 224.
The Nuggets were a 133-96 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Lakers. They covered the -4.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (229) made winners of OVER bettors.
Utah lost its last outing, a 111-91 result against the Cavaliers on January 12. The Jazz failed to cover in that game as a -5-point favorite, while the 202 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 28-14 SU,19-23 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Utah is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Denver:
Team record: 22-19 SU,18-23 ATS
Denver is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Denver's last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 9 games at home
Next up:
Utah at Los Angeles Monday, January 17
Denver home to Los Angeles Wednesday, January 19